McGuinness
George Morrison
The burial of Martin McGuinness this week brought to a premature end his working towards political stability in Northern Ireland. The rare illness which removed him so swiftly was unforeseen. The reconfiguring of his Party continues. McGuinness died at the age of 66 having spent the last 50 plus years bound up with what is […]
CRH
George Morrison
Amidst the many tales of woe regarding Ireland’s treatment of children that were reported this week was an account of one who has done rather nicely. This was the Chief Executive of Cement Roadstone Holdings, Albert Manifold, whose pay, it was disclosed, reached €10 million last year. Just what do you have to do to […]
Snapchat
George Morrison
This week ‘Snapchat’ was launched on the New York Stock Exchange raising $3.4 billion for the two inventors. It is an enormous sum of money. The timing was fortuitous. The Market is optimistic. Its three years since ‘Twitter’ was floated. The time was right. The attraction of Snapchat lies in the deletion of the communication […]